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Brianna Popsickle - ArticlesObservations and reflections on life, and the people around me; written as a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, neighbour, co-worker, or whatever else anyone needs me to be.
Artist. Writer. Woman. - Struggling to re-appear after years of confinement in a suburban prison. http://www.screambucket.com Don’t Tell AnyoneIt happened when I was 8; I was in third grade. I had my friend Rachel over for the weekend. We bundled up in layers of clothes and dragged our toboggans to the apartment hill, a few blocks from my home. It was a favourite spot for neighbourhood kids to toboggan.
I’d been taught well not to speak to strangers let alone go anywhere with them. I felt a wave of panic. My first instinct was to look for help but there was no one around and she was already in the garage. The Susan Boyle LessonNow the whole world knows who Susan Boyle is, a forty-seven year old woman who spent her life living with her mother and her cats (until her mother recently passed away). She sang karaoke at local pubs though her dream was to be a professional singer. Marley and Me and CaseyA neighbour dropped off a copy of the book Marley & Me, knowing I would enjoy it since I was a dog owner like her. I have to say it didn’t interest me much. I had heard it was terribly sad, about a guy and his dog and the dog died at the end. Since that pretty much summed it up, I didn’t feel the need to read it.
Day ten of sitting with my foot up from an injury, I finally gave in and reached for the book. A day later having finished it, I’m sitting at the computer red-eyed and sniffing... It’s Spring, and ‘Luke’ is in the Air!He arrived mid-morning on a warm sunny day; tanned and fit wearing ripped jeans and a t-shirt, the sleeves unable to hide the bulge of his muscles. I watched from the window as he harnessed up, threw a rope over a branch and hoisted himself up sixty feet in the air. He had a crew of two others who stood back taking direction from him, removing the branches as they fell. DISTURBIA: Rihanna and Chris Brown Prove Domestic Abuse Knows No Boundaries…Domestic abuse affects everyone in one way or another. How can you help? Everyone’s a Winner, on Biggest Loser…Most motivational show on television. Give it a try, watch it Tuesday night. It not only changes lives, it saves them! School break, and the kids are back…It's school break and the kids are back from University! Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places…Is it worth your trouble, giving online dating a try? Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places…Is it worth your trouble, giving online dating a try? In Sickness and in Health…Why are men such babies when they are sick?
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